Crossing the River Sorrow: One Nurse's Story

Crossing the River Sorrow tells the story of one woman’s plunge from a sheltered childhood in the ‘50’s into the world of medicine, and her personal search for answers to questions about suffering. A single moment at the bedside of a paralyzed girl begins her journey on the River Sorrow, which takes her on a life-long quest to come to terms with the problem of pain.

More than medical case stories or tales of overcoming, Crossing the River Sorrow is a narrative told from the perspective an o...